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Filipino vs Arabic


Arabic vs Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
Philippines  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Philippines  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Tagalog Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Spanish Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Arabic.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Salamat  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Kumusta  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
magandang gabi  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga  
صباح الخير  

Please
Mangyaring  
من فضلك  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
آسف  

Bye
Paalam  
وداعا  

I Love You
Mahal kita  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00  
11
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Waray  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00  
13
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million  
17
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
Not Available  
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
45.00 million  
23
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
13
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
filipino  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Pilipino  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
filipino; pilipino  
arabe  

German Name
Pilipino  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Arabs  

History

Origin
16th Century  
512 CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
Not Available  
25  
21

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
fil  
ara  

ISO 639 3
fil  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fili1244  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
No Data Available  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Filipino and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Arabic language. History of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Filipino and Arabic Language History.

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Filipino and Arabic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Filipino and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Arabic language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Filipino vs Arabic Difficulty

The Filipino vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Filipino and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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